Community Tasting Note
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acyso wrote: 60 points
October 29, 2015 - Annual Comparative Bordeaux Tasting (2000/2005) (Chicago, IL): ...along comes this disgusting concoction. This is an amorphous, shapeless blob, raised in >100% new oak, probably hitting something like 15% abv (I didn't care to check), tasting like it has 20 g/L of residual sugar, and made from sun-baked grapes. This wine is a parody of itself.
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8 Comments
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robertgoulet commented:
10/30/15, 1:49 AM - I own both the 2000 and 2005...and I must say I loved your notes...I like the candid, no holes barred, take no prisoner approach...good stuff
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sandwich commented:
10/30/15, 9:33 AM - A bit harsh? Possibly exaggerated and a little hyperbolic? Clearly you aren't a fan of this style of wine. I read some of your other notes from the 10/29 tasting and you had the privilege of tasting some phenomenal wines. Perhaps your palate was a bit tired when you got to the Pavie?
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RSheldon commented:
10/30/15, 1:31 PM - 60 points? Fascinating!! Please share how you scored each point category. Im looking forward to it (smile)
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salil commented:
10/30/15, 3:27 PM - I, too, would like to know how you scored each point category for this wine. Was the amount of oak not sufficient? Was it of inadequate quality? Were the grapes not ripe enough for a proper "tour de force" of winemaking?
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acyso commented:
10/30/15, 4:22 PM - @sandwich, I wish I was suffering from palate fatigue when I tasted this. Maybe then I wouldn't have noticed how awful it was.
@RSheldon, @salil: this wine got 10 whole points for not being the 2012 Caymus 40th Anniversary. -
Wineguy76 commented:
10/31/15, 1:43 AM - 60 points??? Hahaha
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Seth Rosenberg commented:
10/31/15, 6:26 AM - "Perhaps your palate was a bit tired when you got to the Pavie?"
I know ... then imagine how tired his palate was AFTER the Pavie flight. That's a lot of heavy lifting. LOL! -
Seth Rosenberg commented:
10/31/15, 6:30 AM - A.S. - I think the problem people are having is that you had the wine in the wrong category, and thus are rating it unfairly. With the amount of R.S. in the wine, you need to consider it a Feinherb.